Zechariah 1
1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
達理安二年八月，上主的話傳給依多的孫子，貝勒基雅的兒子匝加利亞說：「
2 “The LORD was very angry with your fathers.
上主曾對你們的祖先大發憤怒；
3 So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
但是如今你應對他們說：「萬軍的上主這樣說：你們歸向我吧! ──萬軍上主的斷語──我必轉向你們，萬軍的上主說。
4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
你們不要如同你們的祖先；以前的先知曾對你們宣告說：說：萬軍的上主這樣說：你們轉身離開你們的邪道，和你們的惡行吧! 但是他們不聽，也不理會我──上主的斷語。
5 Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
你們的祖先在哪裏﹖先知難道能永遠生存﹖
6 But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
苦我吩咐我的僕人先知們所傳的話和定案，豈不是臨到你們的祖先身上了嗎﹖致使他們翻悔說：萬軍的上主真按照衪的決定，並按照我們的行徑和作為對待了我們。[第一個神視：上主的騎士]
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
達理亞二年十一月，即「舍巴特」月二十四日，上主的話傳給依多的孫子，貝勒基雅的兒子匝加利亞說：
8 I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
夜間我看見一個人騎著栗色的馬，立在地的長春樹中間，他後面尚有栗色、色和白色的馬。
9 “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
遂間說：「我主，這是什麼意思﹖」那與我談話的使者對我說：「我要給你解釋這有什麼意義。」
10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”
但那站在長春樹中間的人卻答說：「這些是上主派遺巡視大地的。」
11 And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”
他們答覆那站在長春樹中間的上主的使者說：「我們已經巡視了大地，見全地都安寧平靖。」
12 Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
上主的使者說：「萬軍的上主! 你拒絕憐恤耶路撒冷和猶大城邑，要到何時呢﹖你向他們發怒，至今已是七十年了! 」
13 So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
上主就用鼓舞慰藉的話答覆了那與我談話的使者。
14 Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
那與我談話的使者便對我說：「你要宣佈說：萬軍的上主這樣說：我仍要以極度的熱情愛耶路撒冷和熙雍；
15 but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
但我極腦怒那些傲慢的異民，因為我對我的百姓稍一發怒，他們便大加虐待。
16 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
為此上主這樣說：我要再以慈悲對待耶路撒冷，我的殿宇必要在其中重建來──萬軍上主的斷語──繩墨必要再拉在耶路撒冷上。
17 Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
你要再宣佈說：萬軍的上主這樣說：我的城吧必再充滿幸福，上主必再憐恤熙雍，再揀選耶路撒冷。」
18 Then I looked up and saw four horns.
第二個神視：四隻角和四個工匠]我又舉目觀看，望見有四隻角。
19 So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
我問那與我談話的使者說：「這是什麼意思﹖」他回答我說：「這就是驅散了猶大、以色列和耶路撒冷的角。」
20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
此後上主使我看見四個工匠。
21 “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
我問說：「這樣人來做什麼﹖」他答說：「那些角驅散了猶大，以致沒有人敢抬頭，這些人來是為恐嚇那些角，因為他們曾對猶大地舉起角來驅散了她。」[第三個神視：手拿繩墨的人] ]
